Born in
November 1952, in the west London suburb of Wembley, England,
Maxine Nightingale was just 16 years old when she began singing
in her schoolband. Enjoying the spotlight so much, she swiftley
made the transition to singing in a more professional capacity,
appearing in a handful of local clubs and ultimately coming to
the attention of PYE RECORDS. Signing with the label she
recorded 4 singles. including "SPINNING
WHEEL " -"DON碩 PUSH ME BABY "
and 1971磗 "LOVE ON BORROWED TIME
".

Stepping
out of the clubs she spent the early 70磗 in theater, exploring
her vocal development through roles in the era磗 hottest musical
stage shows, including JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR......HAIR.......GODSPELL,
as well as the well-received London play SAVAGES, before pairing
with the songwriter/production team
J.Vincent Edwards and Pierre
Tubbs in 1975. They proved the perfect pair to showcase her
outstanding vocals, and after she signed to United Artists and
debuted with their 创RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM 创, she
found herself with a TOP 10 U.K. HIT in November 1975. The song
proved even more popular in the United States where it became a
Number 2 POP HIT in 1976.

Backed by
an outstanding assortment of session musicians and continually
partnered with songwriters who were able to best direct her
voice, Maxine磗 1976 DEBUT LP 创 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED
FROM 创 also proved to be a HIT in the United States. With 4
singles, including the title track and fellow chartmate 创GOTTA
BE THE ONE 创 the album reached Number 65 in the United States.
The following year brought the Denny Diante-produced 创 NIGHT
LIFE 创 album which placed 创 LOVE HIT ME 创( another U.K. HIT )
and a cover of the Delfonic磗 "DIDN碩 I BLOW
YOUR MIND THIS TIME" into heavy
club rotation.

LEAD ME ON 创 followed in 1979, bringing her another U.S
chart appearance, this time at Number 5 with the title
single released on Windsong. The ``BITTERSWEET 创 LP
followed the next year, leaving room for a fine
compilation, ``IT碨 A BEAUTIFUL THING `` to round up all
the hits in 1982. That same year she recorded a duet
with JIMMY RUFFIN, `TURN TO ME 创

The
song never registered on the Pop charts, but in November
gave Maxine her first R&B Top 20 Debut..

Maxine recorded another single with Brian Short in 1981
called "RENDEZVOUS" on A&M records.

Maxine has toured all over the world including..Europe,
Australia, Asia, Japan, mainland China, Mexico, Denmark,
Costa Rica, Canada, Venezuela, Spain, Greece, France,
Germany and Africa. Some of the artists that Maxine
recently shared the bill with include...Santana...the
Commodores...Lionel Richie...Boz Scaggs...the Average
White Band...Rose Royce...the Temptations...Marilyn
McCoo/Billy Davis jr and Isaac Hayes and....Maxine
performed at many Jazz Festivals in the United States
and in the islands including The Barbados Music
Festival, the Curacao Music Festival and recently in St.
Kitts Jazz Festival. Maxine also performed with Steve
Reid磗 Bamboo Forest and she appears on their
DREAMSCAPES CD released in 2001.